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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-5.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. After the crash, Ballard states that an "uneasy _____ carried me towards the hospital."
(a) Sadness.
(b) Fear.
(c) Euphoria.
(d) Calm.
2. According to Ballard, what do the scars above his patella replicate?
(a) The switches for the windshield wipers and parking lights.
(b) The handles for the air and rearview mirror.
(c) The keys for the ignition and the dashboard compartment.
(d) The knobs for the radio and emergency brakes.
3. What is the name of the park where Ballard and Catherine's apartment is located?
(a) Drake.
(b) Dresden.
(c) Drummond.
(d) Drayton.
4. What word does Ballard repeat several times in his description of the car crash at the beginning of the book?
(a) Stoic.
(b) Static.
(c) Stylized.
(d) Strange.
5. According to Ballard, the young wife of the man killed in the car crash stared at him with a look that resembled a ________in an Early Renaissance icon.
(a) Angel.
(b) Devil.
(c) Child.
(d) Madonna.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Ballard do for the week after being released from the hospital?
2. Who dies as the novel opens?
3. What happens to Ballard three days after his surgery in the hospital?
4. What did Vaughan rehearse for in the days before his death?
5. As Ballard waits for someone to reassure him after the crash, what does he imagine firemen doing with carbon dioxide sprays?
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